What is Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP)?

How Does Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) Work

AEP solutions integrate advanced security technologies into a single solution, enabling it to more effectively prevent, detect, and respond to threats to the endpoint. Some of the security functions included in AEP include:

• Machine Learning: Machine learning (ML) solutions are able to learn patterns and trends from data and apply this knowledge to threat detection and response. A key benefit of ML for endpoint protection is the ability to learn and improve its models over time.
• Threat Intelligence: Access to real-time threat intelligence enables AEP solutions to identify the latest cyber threat campaigns. This information can be leveraged by machine learning and signature detection tools to identify signs of an intrusion on the protected endpoint.
• Security Analytics: Security analytics tools aggregate security data from multiple sources and analyze it to identify trends and potential indicators of attack. These solutions provide security personnel with more in-depth visibility into their endpoints and the ability to more quickly understand and respond to an attack.
• Tailored Protection: As organizations continue to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other specialized endpoints, they are exposed to new security risks and attack vectors. AEP solutions provide targeted, tailored protection to these connected devices.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR): EDR solutions analyze security data from multiple sources and use it to identify potential threats. In addition to generating security alerts, EDR tools can automatically take action to prevent, mitigate, or eradicate a threat, such as terminating malicious processes or quarantining an infected computer from the network.

Key Features Of Advanced Endpoint Protection

While AEP solutions may share some features with older endpoint security tools, they offer access to advanced technologies and improved security integration. Some of the key features of AEP solutions include:

• Advanced Threat Detection Technology: Using advanced threat detection technology, including machine learning, security analytics, security automation, enables more efficient and automated detection and response to potential security incidents.
• Self-Learning and Evolution: The continuous improvement enabled by the use of machine learning is an essential component. By continually updating its internal models based on new observations, an AEP solution develops more efficient and effective methods of identifying potential threats and automatically responding to them.
• Automated Threat Management: Threat detection and response automation enables endpoint protection tools to quickly shut down a threat as soon as it has been detected. This helps to minimize the impact of intrusions by decreasing or eliminating their opportunity to take malicious actions on the infected device.
• Security Integration: AEP solutions offer security integration, bringing multiple disparate security functions and capabilities together within a single solution. This both improves the efficiency of the solution, expands its capabilities, and reduces the management overhead for security personnel.
• Streamlined Management: AEP solutions are designed to streamline threat management via security automation and integration. To do so, these solutions should improve the management experience for security personnel by automatically collating data for threat hunting, generating reports, and collecting key data and response actions into user-friendly dashboards.